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L'algèbre n'est qu'une géométrie écrite; la géométrie n'est qu'une algèbre figurée.
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сколько нам открытий чудных готовит просвещенья дух! И опыт сынь ошибок трудных. И гений парадоксов друг. — А. С.
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How many wonderful discoveries the spirit of education is preparing for us! Experience is like the son of difficult mistakes, and genius is a friend of paradoxes. — A. S.
Pushkin
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts. And I make far too many mistakes. |
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Programming is a pursuit in which an unintelligent machine demonstrates conclusively to intelligent people just what fools they are. Do you think that you are a clever person? Take up programming, and the computer will quickly disabuse you of this notion. The number of mistakes a human being can make in pursuit of solving some very, very simple problems is remarkable, humblingly so. |
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